What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Therapist position at Clearfork Academy?
Fort Worth, TX | Full-Time
Clearfork Academy is seeking a Program Therapist to join our boys residential campus in Fort Worth. This role is ideal for a clinician who values clinical excellence, structure, teamwork, and meaningful impact with adolescents and families.
We work with teenage boys struggling with mental health and substance use disorders, providing evidence-based treatment within a values-driven, highly accountable clinical culture.
Clearfork Academy is a premier adolescent behavioral health organization offering residential, PHP, IOP, and outpatient services. We are known for our strong clinical programming, ethical standards, and commitment to developing great clinicians—not burning them out.
The Program Therapist provides individual, group, and family therapy services while collaborating closely with nursing, psychiatry, case management, and operations to ensure high-quality, coordinated care.
This is a hands-on clinical role—not a paperwork-only position.
- Provide individual therapy to assigned adolescent clients
- Facilitate process and psychoeducational groups
- Conduct family therapy sessions and parent communication
- Participate in treatment planning, staffing, and clinical reviews
- Maintain timely, accurate clinical documentation in the EHR
- Collaborate with Utilization Review and Case Management teams
- Support a safe, structured, and therapeutic milieu
- Uphold ethical standards and Clearfork Academy’s clinical model
- Master’s degree in Counseling, Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, or related field
- Licensed or license-eligible in Texas (LPC-A, LPC, LMSW, LCSW, LMFT-A, LMFT)
- Experience with adolescents, residential treatment, or substance use preferred
- Strong clinical judgment, communication skills, and professionalism
- Ability to work within a structured, team-based environment
- Competitive compensation
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- PTO and paid holidays
- Clinical supervision (as applicable)
- Supportive leadership and clear expectations
- A mission-driven culture focused on impact, not volume
- Strong leadership and clinical accountability
- Real collaboration across departments
- Clear systems and expectations
- A culture that values growth, integrity, and excellence